Cooper Grace Ward is a dynamic and energetic law firm – we were recently named as one of the 10 fastest growing Australasian law firms in the "ALB Fast 10". and Joint Best Australian Law Firm in the BRW Client Choice Awards 2009 for law firms under $50 million. Cooper Grace Ward is one of the top five law firms in Queensland and we grew our revenue by 9% in 2008.  We provide a team based environment where each individual plays an integral role in the success of our clients and, in turn, the success of our firm.

We're Brisbane Based

Decisions that affect Cooper Grace Ward are made by the people who work here and we take the time to talk with all of our team members about things that matter. We recently involved our entire team of around 200 in a series of workshops to review and refine our core Purpose and Values - that is, who we are and what we stand for as a firm. In addition all new team members are exposed to a similar process to ensure our values are clearly understood and remain up to date and relevant.

Our entire team is committed to our core Purpose and Values and our Client Service Imperatives. Our recruitment decisions, training, performance development and methods of operation all revolve around these.

We're a Full Service Commercial Law Firm

We have a growing practice working with private, institutional and government sector clients including listed and unlisted companies, corporations, SMEs and private clients, based both locally and overseas.

Cooper Grace Ward strives to build client relationships to the point where we become each client's trusted business partner. Share our passion in delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients.

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We Provide Great Benefits

We take pride in our work and have fun while we do it. Team members participate in a variety of sporting teams and we have an active social club. We celebrate success and give credit where it’s due, such as with monthly excellence awards at team drinks. We value the diversity of our team members, which makes our firm stronger. We provide flexible working arrangements for our team members to meet their family, study and sporting commitments, with around 25% of our team members taking advantage of flexible work arrangements. We also offer paid parental leave and our commitment to our team members has been recognised through our 2009 EOWA Employer of Choice for Women citation.

We provide competitive remuneration packages to our team members and reward people based on performance measured against a balanced set of competencies, outcomes and Our Values.

We Support our Team Members

We strive to nurture and support our team members so they reach their potential. We value not only the legal and technical skills of our people, but also their ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with clients and colleagues.

Cooper Grace Ward provides exceptional corporate services support, with leading edge technology (tailored by our in-house IT team to what we need), comprehensive knowledge management resources, in-house trainers and highly experienced administrative and WP teams. We offer generous study support and actively recruit administrative trainees and law graduates.

Career progression is a journey we take together and means different things to different people. We hold regular formal and informal development meetings to understand your expectations and assist you reach your career potential.

Corporate Sustainability

CGW is committed to the sustainability of our team, our community and our environment. As such, we actively support pro bono work and have a strong Corporate Citizen program supporting YoungCare.

We used the month of November 2008 to measure all of our resource usage, from flights to paper to electricity and have consequently identified paper consumption as our first key area to target.  We have completed a NABERS assessment to provide us with further information and tools to help reduce our energy consumption and are also a CitySwitch Green Office signatory.  We have started purchasing stationery products made from recycled materials for some of our stationery requirements, and currently recycle about 27% of our paper.